Description of one of the main
characters: Titus is a centurian working for Rome
under Pompeius, the Great. He pretends to be the father of Marcus. He borrows
a lot of money from Decimus that he couldn’t return it. So Titus is killed by
Decimus’s men, and Marcus and his mother, Livia, are taken as slaves. Titus is
a kind and fair man. He was centurion of the 17th century. He fought
on Rome’s side and during the slave’s revolt. He once saved Pompeius’s life.

Whom I like and why: I like Phyrus. He is strong and bulky.
When Phyrus was a little boy he was sold to an Athenian woman as a household
slave. He is originally from Rhodes, not Athens. Phyrus is kind and soft. He
hates Ferax as Ferax is a bully. Phyrus likes Marcus and Pelleneus very much.

Whom I dislike and why: I dislike Ferax
as he is a bully. Ferax is a huge celt. He is strong. He is the sworn enemy of
Marcus. He gets defeated, in front of Gaius Julius Caesar and Caesar’s family, by
Marcus. After that he is teased by the class by calling him ‘mouse bait’(he is nicknamed 'mouse bait' as he is spared from death by Marcus).

Setting/theme of the story: A eleven
year old boy, named Marcus stays with his father, Titus a centurian who faought
under Pompeius in the slave revolt, in a farm. Titus borrows too much money
from Decimus, so Decimus's men kill Titus and take Marcus and his mother Livia as slaves.
Marcus escapes and his mother gets caught. He travels from Dyrrhacium to Brundicium
in a ship named Fairwind. While travelling, a lanista named Porcino buys him
as a slave for a hundred and fifty denarii. Marcus is taken to a gladiator
school and is trained to be a gadiator. He gets a celt enemy named Ferax.
Amatus trains Marcus very well. One day when Gaius Julius Caesar comes with his
family to look at the Gladiator school, Ferax and Marcus are in a deadly
fight. One of the Caesar’s family members sees it and wants it as a special
programme. During the fight in the arena, Marcus defats Ferax. Caesar orders Marcus to fight
with wolves. Marcus fights with wolves and while trying to kill them, Caesar’s niece, Portia, falls into the arena. Marcus saves her by killing the wolves. So, Julius Caesar decides to make Marcus as Portia’s body guard. While travelling from
the Gladiator’s school to Rome, Brixus, one of the slaves who had escaped from
Porcino’s house met Marcus. Brixus had always been Marcus’s favorite. Marcus knew that Brixus had
fought in the slave revolt supporting the slaves. While they meet Brixus tells Marcus that Marcus is Spartacus’s son and not Titus’s son. Though Marcus didn't want to believe the news, he knows whatever Brixus said was true.

Marcus was born a slave and is a slave.

Part I enjoyed the most: I enjoyed the
part when Marcus fights all the men on the Fairwind single handedly to get a loaf of bread.

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Studying B. Sc., LL. B. at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. I have been reading books and posting reviews for some time now. I have published three novels- Wizile, Much Of A Muchness and Sir Antiquarian. The three books are available for free download, in this blog, under the category "ebook" or in "My Books". This blog gives readers a list of good books to read and a report by me on each book.